12253. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 15 Cartons    *    *    *    (total, 900 pounds).
(F. D. C. No. 23478.   Sample No. 86977-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 13,1947, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about May 30, 1947, by Star Creamery Co., from 
Henderson, Minn.
PRODUCT:   15   60-pound cartons of butter at New York, N. Y.
LABEL IN PART:   "Butter   Distributed by   Hunter Walton & Co.   New York."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)   (2), a product containing
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter. 
DISPOSITION :   June 26,1947.   The Star Creamery Co., claimant, having admitted
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the
product was ordered released under bond, for reworking, under the supervision
of the Food and Drug Administration.